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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

The images were just sent to me, showing the Colorado Avalanche unveiling their new Rbk EDGE uniforms on Altitude. Our first look compares last year's sweaters with this year's.

I'm not normally one to judge these new jerseys negatively, but yikes.

I guess it's not the worst thing in the world, but it's certainly not an improvement. It's a shame because I always thought the Avs were among the league's best uniforms. Not so much anymore. Doesn't do the logo as much justice anymore.

I liked the old ones a lot. Good striping on the old ones. Really bad striping on the new ones. Not a major change to the overall uniform, but it's a pretty big change to the design of the sweater. I don't like it.

I kind of like 'em. I agree, they're not as good as the old style they used before, but as far as these crummy Rbk DULL jerseys go, it's no worse than the worst (Vancouver & Islanders) and a lot better than most.

WHAT THE HECK!? WHY!? It would have made so much more sense to do something that looks similar to the Blue Jackets, with the full length shoulder/sleeve stripe and leave the rest alone. Sad. Especially with no stripe in between the blue shoulder stripe and the maroon uniform body. that's bad design. The bib look is the worst template to come out of the RBK redo and the Avs bit the bib. Makes me angry and sad.

These jerseys and about 85% of the others so far are horrible. I'm not in favor of this new RBK EDGE System at all. It seems a lot of the designs have to be restricted because of the way the jerseys are made, hence, a lot of team jerseys looking the same. I fear for what the Dallas Stars and Sharks jerseys are going to end up looking like.

i'm fine with the new rbk edge system, i actually like the tight fit, other than the curvy bottom hem. All the original six teams proved you can make a nice looking design on it. These teams are just getting conned by the rbk jersey designers into going with these messes.

I for one and in the majority loath the "new" Rbk templates. They are atrocious. For as long as Rbk is on the sweaters, I will not be buying them.

I believe we were PROMISED that the sweaters were not going to change too radically, but this is as bad as it can get.

Luckily the word mark, "Colorado" is not plastered on the sweater above or below the primary crest. Furthermore, the "C" and "A" will be too close to the crest and would look distorted. I already miss the mountainesque stripping from the old sweaters.

Frankly, and I know I'm showing my geek here, but I always thought that the old Avs jerseys looked like rejects from the Star Trek costuming department. That's not intended as a compliment! The more I see these new ones, the more I'm liking them.

Like many of you, I'm not thrilled by the Rbk Edge uniform system and how it's killing what used to be the greatest uniforms in all sports. My question is: was the speed in the NHL that slow that the league needed to ask Rbk or any other company to design a whole new uniform? And if all 30 teams wore the same old "non-streamlined" uniforms, they would at least be on the same playing field, so to speak. I've heard many fans saying that the outcry against the new Rbk Edge uniforms (not only designs but also higher cost to buy them) will force the NHL to revert back to the old system, which were perfectly fine IMHO.

Horrendous. As a long-time Avs/Nordiques fan, these are horrible. I thin my eyes are bleeding...

Two-tone sleeves, nothing to break up the color change, different colored underarm gussets, no horizontal elements, nor room for the C and A, the apron/bib look, the giant RBK logo on the back... Did the Avs use a reject from Project Runway to design these?